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Two deputies, Christopher Kurkowski and Greg McClendon, found Navarrete-Cordero in the neighborhood and called for backup.

Deputy James Oleole also responded.

They gave Navarrete-Cordero orders to drop his knife, but he refused.

Investigators said Navarrete-Cordero lunged at Oleole and all three deputies fired at him.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, with the knife still allegedly in his hand.

An autopsy showed Navarrete-Cordero had been shot 11 times, two of which were fatal wounds. He also had meth in his system and several cuts on his wrist, indicating he’d tried to hurt himself prior to the shooting, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.

“Mr. Cordero was suicidal and sadly chose to commit suicide-by-cop,” Prosecutors Mark Lindquist said in a news release.